Our first visit to the ER

When Graham and I became parents, we knew there'd be a day we'd have to visit the emergency room. We just didn't know when, and I think we both assumed it would be for Gideon. But no; little Miss Hannah, in defiance to being kept from running into the street, flung herself out of Graham's arms landing head-first onto the sidewalk. I was at work, but Graham said she cried for a few seconds at first, tried to take a breath, then completely blacked out. Thankfully she came to in a few seconds, but he had the scare of his life.

I was on the way home for lunch already, so we rushed her to the hospital which, in great little Ellensburg is literally one block over and two blocks down from our house. By the time I got home, she was extremely lethargic and had a huge scrape/bump on her head (the picture doesn't do it justice, but thankfully she didn't crack her head open). We didn't even have to wait two seconds before being seen (again, good ol' small town service!). She was pretty freaked out by the doctors and nurses, so they ended up giving her a sedative so she'd stay still for a CT scan. Thank the Lord, everything came out fine, although they said that since kids are so limber, their spines can still experience trauma even if it's not fractured.

Once she woke up, she was laughing and counting the numbers on a wellness chart, so the doctor wasn't too concerned. She took it easy once we got home, but after a while was running around and being her normal, toddler self. We just have to watch her close for the next 24 hours.

Thanks to those who prayed for her/us. Graham is still pretty upset about what "could have happened," but we're thankful that God was and is watching over our little Hannah Mae.